OU emeritus professor George Henderson will lecture about promoting racial equality at OU on Tuesday, according to a press release.
The lecture, titled “Remembering OU’s Civil Rights Battles and Warriors,” will take place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. A reception will be held in the Beaird Lounge of the union after the lecture.
Both events — hosted by the Edith Kinney Gaylord Expository Writing Program and the Center for Social Justice — are free.
Henderson is an emeritus professor in human relations, education and sociology. He was the third full-time African-American professor at OU and the first to occupy an endowed chair and to own a home in Norman.
He began teaching at OU in 1967 and created the human relations program two years later, according to the press release. He was dean of the College of Liberal Studies and an author of 31 books. His most recent book, “Race and the University,” is a memoir of his years at OU.
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